Dennis Bonnen and John Cornyn attend a rally for Randy Weber in Angleton.

Dennis Bonnen and John Cornyn attend a rally for Randy Weber in Angleton.

Photo: (Randy Weber Facebook Page)

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Randy Weber makes phone calls to remind voters about early voting before the final presidential debate.

Randy Weber makes phone calls to remind voters about early voting before the final presidential debate.

Photo: (Randy Weber Facebook Page)

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Randy Weber meets with campaign volunteers.

Randy Weber meets with campaign volunteers.

Photo: (Randy Weber Facebook Page)

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Randy Weber and his wife talk with voters at the Brazoria County Fun Fest.

Randy Weber and his wife talk with voters at the Brazoria County Fun Fest.

Photo: (Randy Weber Facebook Page)

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Weber, Lampson find friends in high places in race to replace Ron Paul

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They’re bringing out the big guns.

In one of the most important congressional races in Texas, and the Houston area’s only competitive contest, Nick Lampson and Randy Weber are using two well-known surrogates to help them win Ron Paul’s old seat in Texas’s District 14.

Randy Weber greets Rick Perry in Friendswood.

With just days to go before election day, Rick Perry stopped in Friendswood on Tuesday to speak on behalf of Weber the week after Bill Clinton campaigned for Lampson in Beaumont.

According to the conservative blogger for the Houston Chronicle, David Jennings, Perry talked to the crowd of roughly 100 about ideological differences when it comes to job creation, oil, and abortion.

Perry has been a popular surrogate for Republicans in the last weeks of the election, having campaigned for Mitt Romney in a few swing states.

Although the Republican presidential candidate will safely win Texas, Perry encouraged rally-goers to make the voices of Texas heard on Tuesday.

“We want to send a powerful message that we are paying attention and we know what’s going on,” he said, according to The Friendswood Journal.

Texas Republicans unintentionally turned Paul’s seat into a political hotbed when the state redrew its lines, adding more Democrats to the 14th district. Lampson is giving Weber a run for his money, besting the Republican in fundraising efforts for the third quarter.

In Beaumont last week, Clinton said Lampson was a candidate who would “work with anybody that’s got an idea worth listening to.”

The race is so tight that the campaign brought Senate candidate Ted Cruz to Beaumont the day before Perry appeared in Friendswood.